Sector
Industrial
End-use
Process Loads
Project Number
DR15.18
Strategic approach to optimize aeration efficiency in wastewater recovery facilities to significantly reduce blower(s) usage and provide demand response...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Other
Project Number
DR16SDGE0001
The 5 MegaWatt Energy Storage Systems (ESS) are being evaluated as a Demand Response Load shedding system for commercial customers. In addition to Demand Response, the systems shift load from on-peak time periods to off-peak time periods. The ESS functions by supplementing grid supplied...
Sector
Residential
End-use
HVAC
Project Number
ET13PGE1066
This project builds on the 2016 Emerging Technologies report (https://www.etcc-ca.com/reports/field-assessment-residential-radiant-ceiling-panel-space-conditioning-systems) based on testing two types of radiant ceiling panels coupled with air-to-water heat pumps (AWHPs). Performance in the...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Process Loads
Project Number
ET15SCE1030
This laboratory assessment compares the performance of low-temperature horizontal display case with natural refrigerant (propane or R-290) and conventional refrigerant...
Sector
Commercial, Agricultural
End-use
Other
Project Number
ET15PGE1921
With a target of reducing applied water, and thus resulting in pump energy savings, a new irrigation technique, Deep Root Irrigation (DRI), was tested in comparison to a conventional dual-line surface drip irrigation system (inline drip emitters) in a young almond orchard on the University...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
HVAC
Project Number
DR15.20
Dispatchable pre-coolers have the potential to be used for utility load management if pre-coolers can be demonstrated to be a guaranteed demand reduction resource. Building on prior work testing evaporative pre-coolers, complete a laboratory study to determine the transient response and load...
Sector
Commercial, Public, Other
End-use
Whole Building
Project Number
ET15SDG1051
The purpose of this Emerging Technology (ET) Field Assessment is to study the impacts of installing phase change material (PCM) in a new construction commercial building and recommend how appropriate modelling strategies may be used for a Savings by Design (SBD) or residential new construction...
Sector
Commercial, Agricultural, Industrial, Residential
End-use
Other
Project Number
PGEDR05122017
The Excess Supply DR Pilot (XSP) is a PG&E Pilot focused on testing the capabilities of demandside resources to increase load as a service to the grid during the times of over‐generation on transmission and/or distribution lines as well as in the case of negative prices. Consistent with CPUC...
Sector
Commercial, Agricultural, Industrial, Residential
End-use
Other
Project Number
PGEDR0717
The Supply Side DR Pilot (SSP) was designed to study the feasibility of demand‐side resources to participate into the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) wholesale market as proxy demand resources (PDR). The pilot study focused on understanding the issues related with direct...
Sector
Commercial
End-use
Other
Project Number
ET15PGE8811
Between November, 2015, and October, 2016, PG&E used two vendors to provide approximately 65,000 small and medium business customers with monthly Business Energy Reports (BERs). An additional 25,000 customers were randomly assigned to control groups. Report types included peer comparison...